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NPA MD elected vice chair of UN maritime agency committee

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The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has been elected vice chairperson of the facilitation committee (FAL) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

IMO is the United Nations (UN) agency responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of pollution by ships.

The announcement was contained in a statement by the NPA’s General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communication, Adams Jatto.

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According to the statement, Bala Usman was formally elected and inaugurated at the end of the week-long 43rd session of the FAL Committee in London on Friday.

She was elected after receiving unanimous votes and will serve for a one-year period starting from 2019 up till 2020.

The Facilitation Committee, which is currently chaired by Marina Angsell from Sweden, works together with the 173-member states of the organisation to ensure the observance of all the conventions and protocols that ensure the safety and security in the shipping business as well as the environment.

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